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Tetradrachm

Issuer	Uncertain Siculo-Punic mint (Punic Sicily)
Year	407 BC - 398 BC
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Value	Tetradrachm (4)
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Obverse description	Forepart of a bridled horse prancing to right, rendered in bold relief with carefully engraved musculature. A Nike flies to the right above the horse, extending a wreath to crown it. A barley grain appears in the right field. The composition reflects strong Sicilian Greek artistic influence adapted to Punic iconographic traditions.
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Reverse description	A stately date palm tree rendered in high relief dominates the field, its long fronds sweeping outward and downward in a naturalistic arc from a central crown. Two clusters of dates hang prominently from the lower trunk on either side, a symbol of Punic identity and Carthaginian civic pride. The Phoenician legend is inscribed in two parts along the lower field, flanking the base of the trunk. The design is bold and schematic, characteristic of Siculo-Punic coinage of the late fifth century BC.
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